5 Odd Jobs You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

Not everyone simply sits at a desk from 9 to 5

For most of us, going to work every morning means pulling ourselves out of bed and beginning the daily grind that will eventually turn into a paycheck.

For others, staying in bed is actually the job.

NASA is rounding up participants for a study on the long-term effects of weightlessness on astronauts bodies. What does that mean? Well, subjects will get a whopping $18,000 to remain on a special stilted bed for 70 straight days, according to ABC News.

Regardless of whether lying still for over two months sounds like your cup of tea, the job has definitely gotten people’s attention and made headline after headline. And it definitely falls into the “odd jobs” category.

But there are plenty of other odd jobs that don’t get quite as much attention. With that in mind, let’s take a look at five other odd jobs — some that sound awesome, others that are awful and some that are just plain weird — that you probably haven’t heard of.